Fisheries

• Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Using AI to improve salmon farming: correct feeding times and elimination of lice

  

  Fish farming is big business - the industry now produces about 100 million tons a year, and with salmon prices soaring, producers are turning to lasers, automation and artificial intelligence to boost production and cut costs. How do you know if farmed salmon have had enough to eat?

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 02:25 UTC

  Spain anticipates a new South Atlantic scientific commission sometime this year

  

  Spain's Fisheries authorities believe that in the near future there will be an understanding between Argentina and the Falkland Islands regarding the South Atlantic fisheries since it makes sense to share conservation responsibilities.

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 02:22 UTC

  Madrid warned “Playa Pesmar Uno” five times it was sailing into Argentine waters

  

  The Spanish Fishing Monitoring Center, CSP, located in Madrid has revealed it warned the trawler “Playa Pesmar Uno” five times that is was sailing into Argentine waters before it was finally arrested by the Argentine authorities, according to Alberto Lopez Asenjo, Spain's Fisheries Secretary, in an interview with the Vigo daily Atlantico.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 19:04 UTC

  Falkland Islands gears up for Illex Season 2018

  

  The Falkland Islands Government are currently going through the annual process of licensing fishing vessels for the Illex squid fishery in their Conservation Zone. Illex are a migratory species of squid, caught in significant quantities in the South-West Atlantic annually. The product is mainly shipped to the Far East where it is consumed.

• Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 07:54 UTC

  Arrested Spanish trawler could have sailed into Argentine EEZ because of a mal functioning GPS

  

  The Galician company which owns the “Playa Pesmar Uno” arrested last Sunday by the Argentine Coast Guard allegedly for illegal fishing in the South Atlantic, admits the trawler could have involuntarily sailed into the EEZ, because one of the three GPS on board was malfunctioning.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 15:41 UTC

  Falkland Islands Outlines Fiscal Strategy for 2018/19 and Beyond

  

  The Falkland Islands Executive Council (its effective Cabinet) agreed late last week a set of budgeting principles for the Government over the coming financial year beginning 1st July 2018. These principles are likely to apply throughout the four year term of the current Legislative Assembly, though will be formally reviewed by the Assembly annually.

• Friday, January 26th 2018 - 15:13 UTC

  Falklands fines Spanish trawler for failing to make a fish end report

  

  A Falkland Islands Summary Court acting Justice of Peace Andrew Brownlee and Leeann Harris handed out a conditional discharge for eighteen months to Spanish fishing captain, Oscar Gomez, while fining his company, Pesquerias Marinenses SA, a total of £5,000, plus court costs of £150. Mr Gomez was also ordered to pay £150 costs.

• Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:37 UTC

  French fishermen protest against pulse fishing and block Calais and Boulogne

  

  French fishermen have blocked the ports of Calais and Boulogne in protest at so-called pulse fishing, which uses electrified nets to stun fish. Fishing boats stopped ferries entering or leaving Calais while a roadblock stopped traffic at Boulogne. Calais is a major link between the UK and France used by thousands of tourists and lorries every day.

• Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Commercial fishing by-catch exposure controversy in New Zealand

  

  New Zealand's fishing industry has found itself at odds with conservationists over whether or not the public should be allowed to see the realities of commercial fishing. In the waters around New Zealand - as many countries - animals including sea birds, dolphins, penguins and sea lions are routinely ending up in commercial fishing nets along with the intended catch.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:51 UTC

  Falklands takes over Premier's Temporary Dock Facility until April

  

  An agreement has been signed by the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) with Premier Oil to secure the use of their Temporary Dock Facility until March 31, 2018. This pilot project is intended to test the market for additional berthing capacity within Stanley Harbor and to facilitate maintenance works on FIPASS.